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Tables of Contents for Ecstasy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
viii
About This Book
x
Introduction: Medicine for a New Millennium
1
10
Julie Holland
LET X = MDMA
The History of MDMA
11
10
Julie Holland
What Does MDMA Feel Like?
21
8
Gary Bravo
How MDMA Works in the Brain
29
10
Jessica Malberg
Katherine R. Bonson
The Chemistry of MDMA
39
15
David Nichols
MDMA Myths and Rumors Dispelled
54
4
Julie Holland
The Godparents of MDMA
58
13
Ann
Sasha Shulgin
RISKS OF MDMA USE
Medical Risks Associated with MDMA Use
71
16
John Henry
Joe Rella
Mental Health Problems Associated with MDMA Use
87
23
Karl L. R. Jansen
Does MDMA Cause Brain Damage?
110
36
Matthew Baggot
John Mendelson
The Legal Status of MDMA Around the World
146
13
Julie Holland
Minimizing Risk in the Dance Community
159
23
Emanual Sferios
MDMA-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Using MDMA in Healing, Psychotherapy, and Spiritual Practice
182
26
Ralph Metzner
Sophia Adamson
Experience with the Interpersonal Psychedelics
208
14
Claudio Naranjo
Clinical Experience with MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
222
26
George Greer
POTENTIAL CLINICAL USES FOR MDMA
Using MDMA in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
248
13
Jose Carlos Bouso
Using MDMA in the Treatment of Depression
261
12
June Riedlinger
Michael Montagne
Using MDMA in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
273
13
Julie Holland
Using MDMA in Alternative Medicine
286
11
Andrew Weil
MDMA RESEARCH
Clinical Research With MDMA: A Worldwide Review
297
20
Andrew Kleiman
Julie Holland
Giving MDMA to Human Volunteers in Switzerland
317
11
Alex Gamma
Matthias E. Liechti
Franz X. Vollenweider
Giving MDMA to Human Volunteers in the United States
328
22
Charles Grob
MDMA AND SOCIETY
Ecstasy: Prescription for Cultural Renaissance
350
8
Douglas Rushkoff
MDMA and Spirituality
358
11
Rabbi Zalman Schachter
MDMA's Promise as A Prescription Medicine
369
36
Rick Doblin
APPENDICES
History Timeline
388
4
Julie Holland
Statistics Timeline
392
4
Julie Holland
Table I: Studies of Long-Term Behavioral or Functional Changes After MDMA in Animals
396
4
Matthew Baggot
John Mendelson
Table II: Reported Neurofunctional Differences Between Ecstasy Users and Nonusers
400
2
Matthew Baggot
John Mendelson
Table III: Memory Studies of Ecstasy Users vs. Nonusers
402
3
Harry Sumnall
References
405
38
Contributors
443
5
Index
448